DIPODY Definition & Meaning

dipody

[ dip-uh-dee ]

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noun

Prosody.

plural dipodies.

a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.
a prosodic measurement of two feet in classical Greek and Latin poetry.

dipody

/ ˈ��ɪ��ə��ɪ /

noun

prosody a metrical unit consisting of two feet

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Other �y��vlog Forms

�徱·��ǻ�·�� [dahy-, pod, -ik], adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of dipody¹

1835–45; < Late Latin dipodia < Greek: the quality of having two feet, equivalent to dipod- (stem of ��í��ǳܲ� ) two-footed ( di- ¹, -pod ) + -ia -y ³

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of dipody¹

C19: from Late Latin dipodia, from Greek di- ¹+ pous foot

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